The results showed that, these soil macro and micro nutrients ranges are also beneficial to the fruitfulness of tamarinds. Hence, it can be concluded that, there is no effect of soil macro and micro nutrients in unfruitfulness of sole orchard and fruitfulness of bund orchard in tamarind. It might be effect of shading in sole crops for unfruitfulness and in case of bund crop orchards it could get proper aeration and sunlight properly.
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Studies on Effect of Soil Macro and Micronutrient Status of
Tamarind (Tamarindus indica L.)
P.S Urade*, R.M Dheware and A.R Jadhav
Department of Horticulture, College of Agriculture, Latur Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth, Parbhani- 431 402 (M.S.) India
*Corresponding author
A B S T R A C T
Introduction
Tamarind (Tamarindus indica L.) belongs to
family Leguminoceae (Fabaceae) is grown in
semi-arid tropical and sub-tropical regions of
the world The fruit is native of Tropical
Africa The total area under cultivation of tamarind in India in the year 2016-17 is
186000 hectares and production is 943000
MT according to National Horticulture Board (Anonymous, 2017) Tamarind thrives best in loamy, deep, well drained alluvial soil, which
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The present investigation was carried out to study the soils macro and micro nutrient status
of tamarind orchards in Latur district during the year 2017-2018 The framed experiment was concentrated, to assess and find out the soil nutrient status of tamarind orchards, relation between soil nutrients and yield of sole and bund crops and unfruitfulness of sole crops in tamarind orchards in Marathwada region Twenty tamarind orchards of eight to thirty five years age planted at different spacing ranging from 8 x 8 m to 10 x 10 m with plant density of 100 to 150 plant ha-1 under varied management practices located in different tehsil’s of Latur district were selected for the experimentation In Marathwada region, in sole planting, soil macro-nutrients ranged from N (129.28 to 250.00 kg ha-1), P (11.00 to 38.00 kg ha-1), K (172.00 to 998.00 kg ha-1), Ca (19.00 to 55.23 cmol( p+) kg-1),
Mg (186.00 to 397.00 (p+) kg-1) and S (11.25 to 18.00 (p+) kg-1) and soil micro-nutrients ranged from Fe (1.20 to 3.92 mg kg-1), Mn (3.51 to 19.78 mg kg-1), Cu (1.30 to 8.60 mg
kg-1), B (0.17 to 1.40 mg kg-1) and Zn (0.21 to 2.79 mg kg-1) were observed However, in bund planting, soil macro-nutrients ranged from N (137.25 to 258.01kgha-1), P (11.01 to 37.25kgha-1), K (178.11 to 998.80 kgha-1), Ca(19.20 to 55.80cmol(p+) kg-1), Mg(197.80 to 395cmol(p+) kg-1) and S(11.50 to 18.40 cmol(p+) kg-1) and soil micro-nutrients ranged from
Fe (1.05 to 3.91mg kg-1), Mn (3.34 to 18.28mg kg-1), Zn (0.21 to 2.95mg kg-1), Cu (1.05 to 7.95mg kg-1) and B(0.5 to 1.90mg kg-1) were observed The results showed that, these soil macro and micro nutrients ranges are also beneficial to the fruitfulness of tamarinds Hence, it can be concluded that, there is no effect of soil macro and micro nutrients in unfruitfulness of sole orchard and fruitfulness of bund orchard in tamarind It might be effect of shading in sole crops for unfruitfulness and in case of bund crop orchards it could get proper aeration and sunlight properly
K e y w o r d s
Tamarind
(Tamarindusindica
L.), Soil
macronutrient, Soil
micronutrient
Accepted:
07 January 2019
Available Online:
10 February 2019
Article Info
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(Galang, 1955) The optimum pH of tamarind
is 5.5-6.8, which is slightly acidic (FAO,
1988), through it also grows well in alkaline
soils The agriculture by-product like
tamarind seed kernel can be used as a cheap
source for functional food to increase the
added value of tamarind seeds (Mohamed et
al., 2015) It is a large evergreen tree with an
exceptionally beautiful spreading crown and
is cultivated throughout almost the whole
country, except in the Himalayas and western
dry regions (Rao et al., 1999) Almost all
parts of the tree find some use or the other in
food, chemical, pharmaceutical, textile
industries, and as fodder, timber and fuel
(Dagar et al., 1995) Tamarind is rich in
nutrients and plays an important role in
human nutrition, mainly in the developing
countries (Mohamed and Rangappa, 1992)
and (Yanez et al., 1995) Tamarind is valued
mostly for its fruit, especially the pulp, which
is used for a wide variety of domestic and
industrial purposes (Kulkarni et al., 1993)
Seed is a by-product of the commercial
utilization of the fruit; the seed comprises the
seed coat or testa (20-30%) and the kernel or
endosperm (70-75%) (Shankaracharya, 1993)
It is valued for making gunpowder
(Chaturvedi, 1985) Deficient nutrient not
only reduces the productivity of the crops but
also reduce the use efficiency of applied
nutrients However, information on the
optimum range of soils physico-chemical
properties and plant for maintaining yield
potential and quality of fruit in vertisols and
associated black soil of Maharashtra is
lacking
Materials and Methods
The survey of randomly selected twenty
tamarind orchards of eight to thirty five years
age planted at different spacing ranging from
8 x 8 m to 10 x 10 m with plant density of 100
to 150 plant ha-1 at Latur during the year
2017-2018 Soil samples collected during
May 2017, at depth of up to 90 cm The framed experiment was concentrated, to assess and find out the soil nutrient status of tamarind orchards, relation between soil nutrients and yield of sole and bund crops and unfruitfulness of sole orchards as compare to bund orchard in tamarind of Marathwada region N determined by Alkaline Potassium Permanganate method by using Kelplus distillation unit (Subbiah and Asija, 1956), P determined using double beam US- VIS spectrophotometer with Olsen`s method as
described by Olsen et al., (1954), K
determining using Flame Photometer (Jackson, 1967), Ca, Mg determined by versanate titration method (Jackson, 1973) and S determined by double beam US- VIS spectrophotometer Fe, Mn, Zn and Cu using Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer from Perkins Elmer as described by Lindsay and Norvell (1978) B in soil sample by using Azomethine-H on spectrophotometer at 420
nm wavelength (Gupta, 1979).The statistical analysis of the data in respect of soil nutrients was done according to the standard procedure given by Panse and Sukhatme (1985)
Results and Discussion Macronutrient status of soil
It is revealed from the data (Table 1 and Figure 1); In sole planting the soil macronutrients ranges, N (129.28 to 250.00
kg ha-1), P (11.00 to 38.00 kg ha-1), K (172.00
to 998.00 kg ha-1), Ca (19.00 to 55.23 cmol(p+)
kg-1), Mg (186.00 to 397.00 (p+) kg-1) and S (11.25 to 18.00 (p+) kg-1) were observed in the soils of tamarind orchards of Latur district However, in bund planting, N (137.25 to 258.01 kg ha-1), P (11.01 to 37.25 kg ha-1), K (178.11 to 998.80 kg ha-1), Ca (19.20 to 55.80 cmol(p+) kg-1), Mg (197.80 to 395 cmol(p+)
kg-1) and S (11.50 to 18.40 cmol(p+) kg-1)were observed in the soils of tamarind orchards of Latur district
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Phosphorous
Potassium
Calcium
Magnesium
Sulphur
129.28-250.00
137.25-258.01
11.00-38.00
11.01-37.25
172.00-998.00
178.11-998.80
19.00-55.23
19.20-55.80
186.00-397.00
197.80-395.00
11.25-18.00
11.50-18.40
LTO: Latur Tamarind Orchards
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No
Iron
Manganese
Copper
Boron
Zinc
LTO: Latur Tamarind Orchard
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Same results were also recorded by Parwe
(2013) in the pomegranate orchards of Beed
district
Micronutrient status of soil
It is revealed from the data (Table 2 and
Figure 1); In sole planting the soil micro
nutrients ranges, Fe (1.20 to 3.92 mg kg-1),
Mn (3.51 to 19.78 mg kg-1), Cu (1.30 to 8.60
mg kg-1), B (0.17 to 1.40 mg kg-1) and Zn
(0.21 to 2.79 mg kg-1) were observed in the
soils of tamarind orchards of Latur district
However, in bund planting, Fe (1.05 to 3.91
mg kg-1), Mn (3.34 to 18.28 mg kg-1), Zn
(0.21 to 2.95 mg kg-1), Cu (1.05 to 7.95 mg
kg-1) and B (0.5 to 1.90 mg kg-1) were
observed in the soils of tamarind orchards of
Latur district Similar result was found by
Parwe (2013) in pomegranate orchards of
Beed district
It is concluded that, in Marathwada region, the soils macro and micro nutrients are available in sufficient range and also beneficial to increase of growth, yield and quality of tamarind, but in this region yield and quality was not found in sufficient range,
it may be due to shedding effect, irregular rainfall, soil moisture availability lack of harvesting knowledge, etc
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How to cite this article:
Urade, P.S., R.M Dheware and Jadhav, A.R 2019 Studies on Effect of Soil Macro and
Micronutrient Status of Tamarind (Tamarindus indica L.) Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci 8(02):
671-676 doi: https://doi.org/10.20546/ijcmas.2019.802.076